From the 1640s to about 1800, much of the indigo that dyed Europe's cloth was grown and processed by enslaved people in the Caribbean and the American colonies. This map follows that trade, and the people whose lives and fortunes were tied to it.
It is part of Dark Bullion, a historical audio series on the Atlantic slave trade.
Drag the timeline to see where indigo was grown, traded and paid for, then follow the people whose lives and fortunes were tied to it.
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